Dish cleaner



S. F. BUNKER DsH CLEANER April 20 1926.

Filed Jun s, 1925 'Fig 1;

Patented Aar. zo, 192s.

f UNITED STATES 1,581,943 PATENT OFFICE.

sALIUEL r. nUNxEza, or eHIcaeo, ILLINOIS.

DISH CLEANER.

application tiled June 3, 1925. Serial No. 34,593.`

.To all 'w-,oml it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL F. BIINKER, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and StateV of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ,Dish Cleaners, of which the following 'is a specification.

This invention relates to a' dish cleaner of the kind commonly employed in scraping the refuse from dishes preparatory to washing. The object ofthe invention is to so construct the scraper as to reduce the amount of rubber required for edging the scraper, and to so configure the rubber that the same maybe readilyl cnt or stamped from a sheet .without any appreciable amountof waste orl scrap, thereby reducing the cost of the article.

Further details will appear from a' description of the invention, in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein: Figure 1 is a side elevation of one form of the cleaner or scraper;

Fig. 2 is a view partially in section, taken at riff t angles to the position indicated Figs. 3 and 4 are side elevations showing modifications in the form of the holder;

Fig. 5 is a view partly in section, showing the holder of Fig. 4; and Y Fig. 6 is a detail showing the-manner in which the rubber edgings are blanked from a sheet of rubber in such a .way as to avoid waste.

Referring to Figures 1 and 2, the cleaner or scraper comprises a handle A terminating 55." F, which are'braeed or clampedvdown onto ina head B which .is provided with a slot C into which is inserted a plate D held in place by means of a cross rivet E. The plate as shown is of generally rectangular formation, and is provided aroundits edges with a plurality of tongues F alternately struck in opposite directions to afford a channel for.

the reception of the inner edges of a rubber edging G which comprises a straight' cross section H and side sections I extending rear.- wardly from the cross section and4 in spaced relation to one another.

The configuration of the rubber-edging is such as to aiford a rectangular inner opening of a size to embrace. the unbroken portion of the plate D and to bring the inner edges of the. rubber lining into the channelY afforded by the oppositely extending tongues vided with a slotted head B2 the rubber edging in such a way as to rmly hold the same in position.

ln lieu of the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a handle A and B integrally formed from a single section of wood may be employed, in which cas'e the edges of the head will be provided with grooves or channels F', which are adapted to receive the rubber edging G,the inner edges of which handle, a rivet F12-.being provided tohold the parts in assembled relation. The, plates D2 are preferably solderedor braced together to furnish a practically integral which receives plate structure with aV channel around its i edge.

s indicated in Fig. 6, the rubber edgings .can be stamped from a continuous sheet or strip of rubber, by so marking olf the individual units that the side sections I of one unit will be formed from the material cut out from the inner edges of the next adjacent unit, so that the waste in rubber will A be reduced to a minimum. l

Although I have referred to a rubber edging, it will be understood that the term is intended to apply equallyto any rubberlike material or composition which may be used for thev purpose of affording a suitable scraping or squeegee surface or edging for the scrape I claim; 1. In a dish handle having on its end an enlarged holdcleaner, the combination of a ing portion provided around three of itsY edges with a channel and a rubberlike edging section comprising a cross strip and rearwardly extending side strips entered within the cross and side portions of the channel, the edging strip having its edges outwardly protruding from the several portions ofthe channel, substantially as described.

2. In a dish cleaner, the combination of a handle terminating in a slotted head, a plate entered within the slot in the head, said late having channels formed along its si e and cross edges, and an edging of thin rubberlike matenal cut away in 1ts center to embrace the plate and havingv its inner ed es entered within the cross and side channe s, and havin he outer edges of the edging protruding om the channels, sub stantially as described.

3. In a dish cleaner, handle provided with a slotted head, a plate the combination of a entered and clampedwithin the slot in the head, said plate having along its cross and side edges a plurality of tongues alternately sprung in opposite directions to aord side and cross channels, and an edging of rubberlike material cut away in its center to embrace the plate and having its inner edges entered within the cross and side channels, and having the outer edges of the edging protruding from the channels, substantially as described.

SAMUEL. F, BUNKER. 

